Upcoming Events
Past Events
Portland, Oregon
May 5 – 7, 2023
Join the Conservancy as we tour Frank Lloyd Wright’s Gordon House in Silverton, Oregon, and other buildings of interest in Portland and the Willamette Valley. Click the registration link for full details.
Gordon House photo by Jon Moore, courtesy of Gordon House Conservancy
Zoom
March 16, 2023 CDT
Join us for a conversation with photographer Dwight Primiano to learn about the specialized process of photographing architectural drawings. When museums and archival collections began acquiring architectural drawings for their institutions, scholars, architects, and building owners needed illustrations or copies. Issues of size, media, line definition, and purpose are among the many questions that architectural drawings pose to a photographer. Get a firsthand look at how this work of great importance to the Wright community is done today.
About the Speaker: Dwight Primiano has over 35 years of experience in photographing architectural drawings and we will travel through time from slides, black and white film, and color transparencies to the current digital studio.
Tickets and registration:
Advance registration is required. Admission is free for Conservancy members, or $10 for the general public. If you are not a Conservancy member, click here to learn more about member benefits.
How this event works:
Before the event starts you will receive an email with a Zoom access link. Please install and test Zoom in advance on the device on which you intend to view the event. A recording will be made available to registrants to view for one month after the event.
If you have questions or require registration assistance, please email events@savewright.org.
This event is supported by the Rotary Historic Preservation Fellowship.
Zoom
February 21, 2023 6:00–7:30pm CST
Join us on Tuesday, February 21 at 6:00 p.m. CST as we learn about the exciting preservation work that has been done at the David & Gladys Wright House in Phoenix, Arizona.
Local advocates and the Conservancy fought hard in 2012 to save the house from demolition. Fortunately they prevailed, but it needed significant work – and a dedicated owner willing to do it. Since purchasing the house in 2020, Bing Hu has performed major restoration, gotten the house listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and donated a preservation easement to The School of Architecture to legally protect it.
The David & Gladys Wright House, built for Frank Lloyd Wright’s son and daughter-in-law in 1950-52, is one of Wright’s most innovative, unusual and personal works of architecture. Its spectacular design features include custom concrete block detailing and the bold processional movement through the patio and up the encircling ramp into the remarkable interior. Wright’s original drawing for the house described it as a response to “How to Live in the Southwest.”
Speaker:
Bing Hu, Founding Principal of H&S International and owner of the David & Gladys Wright House
Tickets and registration:
Advance registration is required. This event is exclusive for Conservancy members, and admission is free. If you are not a Conservancy member, click here to learn more about member benefits and join.
How this event works:
Before the event starts you will receive an email with a Zoom access link. Please install and test Zoom in advance on the device on which you intend to view the event. A recording will be made available to registrants to view for one month after the event.
If you have questions or require registration assistance, please email events@savewright.org.
Sponsored by Rotary Historic Preservation Fellowship.
Photo by Scott Jarson
Zoom
January 25, 2023 6:00–7:30pm CST
Join us on Wednesday, January 25 at 6:00pm CST as representatives from Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Harboe Architects and the Dallas Theater Center present their bold new master plan for the Kalita Humphreys Theater and surrounding green spaces. Years of neglect and additions have compromised the integrity of Wright’s 1955 building, and this long-awaited project aims to restore the theater to its original state and transform the surrounding parkland into a vibrant new outdoor destination.
Speakers and Panelists:
Kevin Rice, Diller Scofidio + Renfro; Gunny Harboe, FAIA, Harboe Architects; Kevin Moriarty, Executive Director, Dallas Theater Center, Jennifer Altabef, Board President, Dallas Theater Center and Duncan Fulton, Co-Founder & Retired CEO, GFF
Tickets and registration:
Advance registration is required. Admission is free for Conservancy members, or $10 for the general public. If you are not a Conservancy member, click here to learn more about member benefits.
How this event works:
Before the event starts you will receive an email with a Zoom access link. Please install and test Zoom in advance on the device on which you intend to view the event. A recording will be made available to registrants to view for one month after the event.
If you have questions or require registration assistance, please email events@savewright.org.
Sponsored by Rotary Historic Preservation Fellowship.
Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Dallas Theater Center
Online
September 14, 2022
Join us for the fourth installment of this global virtual event celebrating the legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright! Co-presented with the Westcott House and PechaKucha HQ.
Click here for more details and registration.
Revisit the presentations from our previous three volumes: Volume 1 (June 8 2020), Volume 2 (November 11 2020), and Volume 3 (June 8 2021)
Fred B. Jones House, Penwern (Wright, 1900)
June 4, 2022 4:00–9:00pm CDT
There is no better way to spend an early summer evening than at Penwern on Delavan Wisconsin, Wisconsin. Beautifully restored by its owners, John and Susan Major, this gorgeous multi-building estate is one of the most ambitious of Wright’s summer cottages, which are often ignored in the body of critical work about Wright and his architecture. Located 90 miles from Chicago and 60 miles from Madison, Penwern is rarely open to the public.
Join our hosts and the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy for a special evening beginning with cocktails and a boat ride on Delavan Lake where we will view four other neighboring cottages designed by Wright. We will next enjoy a gourmet dinner in the dining room of the main house. After dinner, we will tour the grounds and stables, and end the evening with dessert in the newly constructed greenhouse.
Guests will receive a copy of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Penwern: A Summer House (Wisconsin Historical Society Press) by Mark Hertzberg.
This special evening is not to be missed as a wonderful way to kick off your summer! Proceeds benefit the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy.
This extraordinary opportunity is limited to 15 guests. Tickets are $1,500 each ($1,240 is tax deductible).
Refund Policy: Due to the very exclusive nature of the event and the limited number of participants, we are not able to provide refunds for cancellations received after Thursday, May 27, unless the reservation can be filled.
Traveling to the Lake Delavan area: There are many area hotels, but two recommendations include the Abbey Resort and Lake Lawn Resort. Penwern is located about 90 miles from Chicago and 60 miles from Madison or Milwaukee. Transportation between your hotel and Penwern will be provided.
Penwern © Mark Hertzberg
Penwern boathouse © Mark Hertzberg
Penwern greenhouse photo by Barbara Gordon
Penwern dining room © Mark Hertzberg
Penwern living room © Mark Hertzberg
Santa Fe, New Mexico
May 13 – 15, 2022
Out and About Wright will return as an in-person tour in and around Santa Fe, New Mexico, from May 13-15, 2022.
Details are now available on this page.
Registration will take place according to the following schedule:
Friedman House photo by Trevor Tondro
Via Zoom
February 23, 2022 5:00–6:30pm CST
What do Frank Lloyd Wright, Buckminster Fuller and Thomas Edison have in common? They were among the many people throughout the 19th century who were imagining ways to mass-produce buildings and were part of the understudied culture around patents and intellectual property in 19th and 20th century architectural practice. This included Wright’s own work in the Luxfer prism competition and the American System-Built houses. This talk will explore the greater overlap between the rising context of intellectual property rights on either side of the Atlantic and Wright’s own work in this arena.
About the Speaker:
Peter Christensen is an historian of architecture and infrastructure and Associate Professor of Art History and Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester. He is the author of Germany and the Ottoman Railways: Art, Empire, and Infrastructure (2017) and the forthcoming book Materialized: German Steel in Global Ecology (2022) and over one hundred shorter pieces. The recipient of numerous fellowships and grants, he is currently a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow, researching and writing a book which will examine the transformative role played by global patent culture in the formation of both architecture in the 19th and 20th centuries and modern conceptions of authorship in the field of architecture.
Tickets and registration:
Advance registration is required. Admission is $10 for the general public; $5 for Friend-level members of the Conservancy; and free for Associate-level members and above. If you are not a Conservancy member, click here to learn more about member benefits.
How this event works:
Registration will close two hours before the start of the talk, shortly after which all registrants will receive an email with a Zoom link to access the event. Please install and test Zoom in advance on the device on which you intend to view the event. A recording will be made available to registrants to view for one month after the event.
If you have questions or require registration assistance, please email events@savewright.org.
Sponsored by Rotary Historic Preservation Fellowship.
Via Zoom
August 16, 2021 6:00–7:30pm CDT
In 1897, Frank Lloyd Wright, Robert Spencer, Dwight Perkins and Myron Hunt shared a loft office in Chicago’s Steinway Hall. Architect Stuart Cohen’s new book identifies overlapping ideas and similarities in projects they each designed while working there, and in their subsequent work. Cohen will present an illustrated lecture based on his book and, in conversation with Conservancy board member Janet Parks, will discuss his research for the book and his conclusion that these men formed a “creative collaborative circle” of friends who jointly developed ideas later attributed to Frank Lloyd Wright.
About the Speaker:
Stuart Cohen is a practicing architect and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. He is professor of architecture emeritus at the University of Illinois Chicago and has been a visiting professor at universities through out the country. He has an award winning residential architectural practice which is the subject of a book, Transforming the Traditional: The Work of Cohen & Hacker Architects. He is the author of numerous articles and three books on Chicago’s historic residential architecture. His writing, scholarship, and contributions to architectural theory have been recognized by an Arthur Ross Award from the Institute for Classical Architecture and Art (2018) and by the Society of Architectural Historians’ award for Excellence in Design, Academics, and Scholarship (2019).
Tickets and registration:
Advance registration is required. Admission is $10 for the general public; $5 for Friend-level members of the Conservancy; and free for Associate-level members and above. If you are not a Conservancy member, click here to learn more about member benefits.
Registrants will receive a discount code to purchase the book from ORO Editions.
How this event works:
Registration will close two hours before the start of the talk, shortly after which all registrants will receive an email with a Zoom link to access the event. Please install and test Zoom in advance on the device on which you intend to view the event. A recording will be made available to registrants to view for one month after the event.
If you have questions or require registration assistance, please email preservation@savewright.org.
Sponsored by Rotary Historic Preservation Fellowship.
Stuart Cohen
Frank L. Wright and the Architects of Steinway Hall
Meier House, Monona, Iowa (virtually via Zoom)
July 29, 2021 6:00–7:30pm CDT
In 2013, Chicagoans Michael Schreiber and Jason Loper went in search of a quaint little country house for weekend getaways. What they bought instead was a piece of architectural history some five hours outside of Chicago. In their eight years as stewards of the Delbert and Grace Meier House (designed 1915), an American System-Built Home in Monona, Iowa, Schreiber and Loper have documented the history of the home and its place in Wright’s canon of work. Join us for a talk that will include a preview of their forthcoming book, This American House: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Meier House and the American System-Built Homes.
Pre-order your copy of Schreiber and Loper’s book – scheduled for release on July 15, 2021 – at your favorite local bookstore or on Amazon.
Please note: due to shipping delays, the release of the book has been pushed back to August, and pre-ordering may not be available currently. Please bookmark it and try again soon!
How to register: This free event is exclusively for current members of the Conservancy. If you are not a member, you can join today and then register. If you are not certain of your membership status, please contact us at preservation@savewright.org.
How this event works: Registration will close two hours before the start of the event, shortly after which all registrants will receive an email with the Zoom access link. Please install and test Zoom in advance on the device on which you intend to view the event. This event will be recorded, and a link to view it (for up to one month) will be emailed to all registrants after the event. If you have any questions or require assistance registering, please email preservation@savewright.org.
Jason Loper and Michael Schreiber at the Meier House
This American House: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Meier House and the American System-Built Homes
Via Zoom
June 15, 2021
5pm CDT
Hear from architectural historian Lisa Schrenk about her new book, which breaks the myth of Wright as the lone genius and reveals new insights into the architect’s early career through the lens of his residential studio in Oak Park between 1898 and 1909. With a rich narrative voice and meticulous detail, Schrenk tracks the practice’s evolution: addressing how the studio fits into the Chicago-area design scene; identifying other architects working there and their contributions; and exploring how the suburban setting and the nearby presence of Wright’s family influenced office life.
About the Speaker:
Lisa D. Schrenk is Associate Professor of Architectural History and a Faculty Fellow at the University of Arizona, as well as a former Education Director of the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Foundation (now the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust). Her research on international expositions and the early work of Frank Lloyd Wright has resulted in numerous publications, including the books Building a Century of Progress: The Architecture of Chicago’s 1933-34 World’s Fair and The Oak Park Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Society of Architectural Historians and as President of the Chicago Society of Architectural Historians. Her photography includes documenting works of architecture in over 85 countries, including while teaching on two around-the-world Semester at Sea voyages.
Tickets and registration:
Advance registration is required. Admission is $10 for the general public; $5 for Friend-level members of the Conservancy; and free for Associate-level members and above. If you are not a Conservancy member, click here to learn more about member benefits.
Registrants will receive a promo code good for 30% off the purchase of the book from the University of Chicago Press.
How this event works:
Registration will close two hours before the start of the talk, shortly after which all registrants will receive an email with a Zoom link to access the event. Please install and test Zoom in advance on the device on which you intend to view the event. A recording will be made available to registrants to view for one month after the event.
If you have questions or require registration assistance, please email preservation@savewright.org.
Sponsored by Rotary Historic Preservation Fellowship.
Book Cover: The Oak Park Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright
Lisa Schrenk
Via Zoom
June 8, 2021
6pm CDT
In 2020, Wright Sites x PechaKucha events brought together over 3,000 people from all over the world! Such an enthusiastic response inspired us to carry on with this exciting collaboration between the Westcott House, the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy and PechaKucha HQ.
On June 8th, 2021, we are teaming up again to present a live online global event honoring the famed architect’s 154th birthday and celebrate his work and legacy. Wright Sites x PechaKucha vol. 3 will feature presentations in the highly visual and efficient PechaKucha style, which consists of 20 image-based slides that automatically advance after 20 seconds, with each talk lasting only 400 seconds.
See who is presenting & register for this free event online >>
Via Zoom
May 14 – 16, 2021
Six States. Three Days. One Architect. Online.
The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy’s spring tour program embraces a virtual format to showcase six Wright-designed structures dispersed widely across the country – three of which are the only ones built in their respective states. Transcend geography to see five private homes and one church, all in places where it might be more challenging to visit during our in-person events. Tours will couple the beauty of Wright’s designs with the compelling personal narratives of those who occupy, love and work hard to preserve these important buildings.
Click here for full details & registration>>
Sutton House (photo by Gregory Dowell)
Zeigler House
Shavin House
Pilgrim Congregational Church (photo by Pat Mahoney)
Margaret and Patrick Kinney House
Dorothy Ann and Sterling Kinney House
Via Zoom
May 6, 2021
Thursday, May 6
3:00pm CDT
Join us for a conversation with Metropolitan Museum curator Abraham Thomas which will explore the history of architecture exhibitions and collections at the Met. In dialogue with Janet Parks, retired Curator of Drawings and Archives at the Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library at Columbia University, Thomas will delve into Frank Lloyd Wright’s role in the presentation of architecture at the museum. Thomas will share reflections based on his past work at the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Soane Museum and discuss potential future projects in his new position at the Met.
About the speaker:
Abraham Thomas is the Daniel Brodsky Curator of Modern Architecture, Design, and Decorative Arts at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art. Previously, he worked at the Smithsonian Institution where he was Curator-in-Charge of the Renwick Gallery / Smithsonian American Art Museum, and subsequently the Senior Curator at the historic landmark Arts and Industries Building. Prior to this – based in London – he was a curator of architecture and design at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and later was appointed Director of Sir John Soane’s Museum.
Tickets and registration:
Advance registration is required. Admission is $10 for the general public; $5 for Friend-level members of the Conservancy; and free for Associate-level members and above. If you are not a Conservancy member, click here to learn more about member benefits.
How this event works:
Registration will close two hours before the start of the talk, shortly after which all registrants will receive an email with a Zoom link to access the event. Please install and test Zoom in advance on the device on which you intend to view the event. A recording will be made available to registrants to view for one month after the event.
If you have questions or require registration assistance, please email preservation@savewright.org.
Sponsored by Rotary Historic Preservation Fellowship. This is the second in a series of lectures on “Wright in the Museum.”
Abraham Thomas
Murphy House, Shorewood, Wisconsin (virtually via Zoom)
May 2, 2021
Sunday, May 2
3:00 p.m. CDT
Via Zoom
When Frank Lloyd Wright decided to leave the American System-Built Homes out of his autobiographies, the heritage of almost 130 designs—and as many as 30 built houses—was called into question. Some were forgotten for half a century, and likely others are still lost. Join author Nicholas Hayes and his wife Angela on a virtual tour and presentation to see what can be learned when an orphaned house is rediscovered. The Elizabeth Murphy House is the last ASBH known to have been completed—Model 203, unearthed in 2015—and the protagonist in their new book Frank Lloyd Wright’s Forgotten House. This event will feature a look at the historic neighborhood context, a tour focusing on details of the home and a short reading of its history, as well as time for Q&A.
If you would like to pre-order a copy of the book, we encourage you to request it at your local independent bookstore. It can also be ordered online through bookshop.org.
How to register: This free event is exclusively for current members of the Conservancy. If you are a member, click here to register online. If you are not a member, you can join today and then register. If you are not certain of your membership status, please contact us at preservation@savewright.org.
How this event works: Registration will close two hours before the start of the event, shortly after which all registrants will receive an email with the Zoom access link. Please install and test Zoom in advance on the device on which you intend to view the event. This event will be recorded, and a link to view it (for up to one month) will be emailed to all registrants after the event. If you have any questions or require assistance registering, please email preservation@savewright.org.
Murphy House (photo by Nicholas Hayes)
Murphy House (photo by Sara Stathas)
Book cover, "Frank Lloyd Wright’s Forgotten House"
Emil Bach House, Chicago, IL (virtual)
April 20, 2021
Members of the Conservancy at the Leadership Circle level and above are invited to join us for a special virtual tour and book talk at the Emil Bach House (Chicago, Illinois). The event will take place on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. CDT via Zoom. A recording of the live event will be available for registrants to view for one month afterward.
Learn about the history of this urban Prairie School house, designed by Wright in 1915, from the author of the book Frank Lloyd Wright’s $10,000 Home. Enjoy a docent-guided virtual tour showcasing the beautifully-restored house. Hear about the business model that has been developed to sustain it, and enjoy the opportunity to ask questions during the event. All registrants will receive a copy of the book about the house as a small token of the Conservancy’s appreciation for your support.
Members at the Leadership Circle level and above, watch your email for your exclusive invitation. Please contact us at preservation@savewright.org if you have not received your invitation, have any questions, or require assistance.
Speakers will include:
Carr House (virtual)
March 24, 2021
3:00 p.m. CDT
Streaming on the Conservancy’s Facebook page
The Carr House in Glenview, Illinois, designed by Wright in 1950, is currently for sale and included in our Wright on the Market listing. Join us for a virtual open house guided by the seller, who grew up in the home. This event will stream live on the Conservancy’s Facebook page at 3:00 p.m. CDT, and the recording will be available to view there after it concludes. No registration is required to participate in this free event.
Zoom Lecture
February 17, 2021
12:00pm (Noon) CST
Get tickets here
As Avery Librarian Talbot Hamlin once said, architectural drawings have a “permanence that actual buildings do not always achieve.” In 1972, with the Francis W. and Mary Little House in Wayzata, MN, facing demolition, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York acquired the property. It sold several interiors to other museums but preserved and installed the Living Room in its own building. The Met has recently expanded its collection of related materials including drawings and correspondence from the Little family. What can these documents reveal about this important but lost Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece?
About the Speaker:
Dr. Horatio Joyce is the Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow in the Department of Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art. He’s a specialist in nineteenth-century American architecture, with a particular focus on the development of the architectural profession and the design process behind buildings.
Tickets and registration:
Advance registration is required. Admission is $10 for the general public; $5 for Friend-level members of the Conservancy; and free for Associate-level members and above. If you are not a Conservancy member and would like to learn more about member benefits, including discounts on this and other events, click here.
How this event works:
Registration will close at 11:30am CST on the day of the lecture, shortly after which all registered attendees will receive an email with a Zoom link to access the event. To ensure the best possible experience, please install and test Zoom in advance on the device on which you intend to view the lecture, if you have not used it before.
If you have questions or require registration assistance, please email preservation@savewright.org.
Sponsored by Rotary Historic Preservation Fellowship.
Little Second House, Hallway Reconstruction
Dr. Horatio Joyce, Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow, Department of Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Zoom
September 15, 2020
Donors to the Conservancy’s Summer Appeal are invited to an exclusive virtual tour of the Brandes House in Sammamish, Washington. Owners John and Marsha Shyer will show us around this Usonian house designed in 1952. The tour will take place via live Zoom video, and attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions.
An invitation to register will be emailed to all donors who have made a gift to the Conservancy during the Summer Appeal.
Zoom
August 18, 2020
Conservancy members are invited to an exclusive virtual tour of the Guy Smith House in Chicago, Illinois. Owner Debra Nemeth will show us around this American System-Built Home, which was designed in 1915 and has been thoughtfully restored. The tour will take place via live Zoom video, and attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions.
This is the first in a monthly series of exclusive virtual tours for Conservancy members. Capacity is limited to 100. An invitation to register has been emailed to all members. Please email preservation@savewright.org if you are a member and have not received the invitation.
Online
June 24, 2020
The Conservancy is partnering with the Mike McCurry Group to present a live online open house at Coonley Playhouse (Riverside, Illinois) on June 24 at 4:30 p.m. Central time.
Join us ONLINE (Facebook Live) for an insider look at this historic home. Viewers will be able to learn about the significance of the structure and have the chance to ask questions about the listing, the home’s design and history.
The video will stream live on our Facebook page. Ask questions during the event by making comments on Facebook. A recording will remain available to view after the event.
View the listing here.
Online
June 8, 2020
The Westcott House Foundation, Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, and Wright sites across the nation are teaming up with PechaKucha to present a live online global event in celebration of Wright’s work and legacy. The event, entitled “Wright Sites x PechaKucha,” will feature presentations in the highly-visual and efficient PechaKucha style, which consists of 20 image-based slides that automatically advance after 20 seconds, with each talk lasting only 400 seconds.
Attendees can live-stream the event online on Monday, June 8, 2020, at 9:00 p.m. EST. Presentations will be available to view within 24 hours after the event. No advance registration is required for this free event.
Wright Sites x PechaKucha will feature curators and speakers from public Frank Lloyd Wright sites including:
Fallingwater (Mill Run, Pennsylvania)
Taliesin (Iowa County, Wisconsin)
Taliesin West (Scottsdale, Arizona)
Martin House (Buffalo, New York)
Graycliff Estate (Erie County, New York)
Unity Temple (Oak Park, Illinois)
Westcott House (Springfield, Ohio)
The owners of two private Wright homes, Tonkens House (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Brandes House (Sammamish, Washington) will also give presentations. Both serve on the Board of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy.
Additional speakers include Mark Dytham, MBE, co-founder of PechaKucha; photographer Andrew Pielage, who will share his quest to photograph every Frank Lloyd Wright structure ever built; Bill James, an architect with Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, who will share his career journey studying and designing Wright-related projects; and Karen Severns and Koichi Mori, a couple dedicated to raising awareness of Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural legacy in Japan.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
May 1 – 3, 2020
UPDATE 3/19: This event has been postponed due to COVID-19. We hope to reschedule for spring 2021.
Out and About Wright: New Mexico’s Modern Side, May 1-3, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
New Mexico is practically synonymous with adobe-style architecture, but there’s another side to the Land of Enchantment. This is your chance to see hidden gems of modern and organic architecture in the Santa Fe and Albuquerque areas, including a very special visit to Wright’s Arnold Friedman House (1945), the first of Wright’s two “teepee” houses, still owned by the original family and seldom open to visitors. Distinctive works by famed organic architect Bart Prince, Wright scholar Anthony Alofsin, AIA Gold Medal winner Ricardo Legoretta, and a special tour dedicated to artist Georgia O’Keeffe round out the Conservancy’s first event in New Mexico.
Click here to download the program and registration form (pdf) and register online now. We expect a strong turnout for this rare attempt to see the Friedman House, so don’t delay!
All tours depart from and return to the Hilton Santa Fe Historic Plaza (100 Sandoval St.), a member of Historic Hotels of America. The landmark hotel dates back to a hacienda built in 1625. Our attendees stay at the special rate of $159/night. Book by April 9 online or call 505.988.2811 and use group code FLW.
Yemassee, South Carolina
March 28, 2020
A visit to Auldbrass Plantation, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939, provides a singular, once-in-a-lifetime Wright experience. Nearly destroyed by neglect, the multi-building estate has been beautifully restored by its owner, movie producer Joel Silver, setting a gold standard for historic preservation. The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy is the only organization granted access to this private house for an in-depth tour of the estate and intimate dinner party featuring gourmet cuisine and fine wines. Your tax-deductible ticket supports the Conservancy’s fundraising efforts. Take the opportunity to plan a getaway to nearby Savannah or Charleston (both around an hour away) to make this an unforgettable holiday, all while supporting the ongoing effort to save Wright.
March 13 update: In light of the increasing impact of COVID-19 and the declaration of a national emergency, this event has been cancelled. We hope to announce a rescheduled date in the future.
Auldbrass
Photo by Anthony Peres
Auldbrass
Photo by Anthony Peres
Auldbrass
Photo by Anthony Peres
Guests at the 2018 Auldbrass dinner
Bliss, Idaho
June 22 – 23, 2019
After a successful sold-out event in 2016, the Conservancy will return to Idaho June 22-23 for a special fundraiser dinner at Teater’s Knoll (1952). The owner of the rarely opened, beautifully restored Wright-designed house will conduct a personal tour, followed by a seated gourmet dinner in the house and breathtaking sunset views. The next day we’ll tour some of the most remarkable contemporary houses in the Sun Valley area, including works by Bart Prince, Tom Kundig, Jack Smith, Susan Desko and more. Attendance is limited.
Download the program (pdf) and register online now.
Transportation is included from the Wood River Inn in Hailey, Idaho. Reservations at the hotel must be made by April 21 to get the group rate of $109.50 per night. Call 208.578.0600 and mention group code 9FLWBC to book.
View photos of the 2016 event on our Flickr page.
Outside Teater's Knoll during the Conservancy's dinner and tour
Photo by Kelley Lacey
Bigwood (Tom Kundig, 2015)
Dallas, Texas
May 2 – 5, 2019
When Wright first visited in the 1930s, historian Charles Marshall writes, he called Dallas “young and architecturally untouched,” Today, the Dallas-Forth Worth area is home to one of the highest concentrations of world-class architecture in the country. While Wright’s 1930s and ’40s residential and hotel designs for Dallas clients were never built, one private house was completed in 1958, the same year construction began on the Kalita Humphreys Theater, the culmination of a project Wright had been conceiving since 1931. An outpouring of modern architecture followed, both cultural and residential projects by some of the biggest names in architecture.
The Conservancy’s first event in Texas includes a tour of Wright’s theater and a lunchtime program with experts speaking about hopes for its restoration, plus rare tours of the area’s most remarkable private houses by Steven Holl, Richard Meier, Paul Rudolph, Edward Larrabee Barnes, A. Quincy Jones, and Wright apprentices John Rattenbury and W. Kelly Oliver. Masterful buildings by Louis I. Kahn, Tadao Ando, Fay Jones, Renzo Piano and more round out this exceptional program.
Download a pdf of the complete program and register online now.
Main Event: Saturday, May 4
Depart by bus from the Hotel Indigo at 9 a.m. for a tour that includes the Kalita Humphreys Theater (Wright, 1955) and some of Dallas’ most prominent private residences: Stretto House (Steven Holl, 1991), commissioned by the descendants of Wright’s client Harold Price and a winner of the AIA’s prestigious 25-Year Award; Rachofsky House (Richard Meier, 1991), a residence designed to house a world-class contemporary art collection; Greenlee House (Edward Larrabee Barnes, 1981), the famed New York modernist’s take on Southwestern vernacular architecture; Thielen House (John Rattenbury, 1992), designed by Wright’s apprentice and influenced by his nearby Gillin House; and Lipshy House (Howard Meyer, 1951), one of the finest works by a pioneering and influential Dallas modernist. A lunchtime program features several expert speakers presenting on the Kalita Humphreys Theater restoration efforts. Departs from Hotel Indigo at 9 a.m. and returns approx. 6 p.m. Lunch is included and dinner is on your own.
Add-On Events
Thursday, May 2 (attendance strictly limited to first 24 people) — SOLD OUT
A 1.5-hour guided tour of the Bass House (Paul Rudolph, 1972) in Fort Worth is a rare opportunity to see the house Rudolph considered his greatest. One of few outside of Florida, it harks back to his love of Fallingwater, and contains exquisite grounds designed by Robert Zion and Russell Page. Departs from Hotel Indigo at 2 p.m.; returns approx. 5 p.m.
Friday, May 3 (private event for Leadership and Board members)
Members of the Leadership, Clerestory, and Visionary Circles and Conservancy Board are invited to join us for dinner at the Higginbotham House (Lang and Witchell, 1913). Designed by Charles Barglebaugh, a draftsman in Wright’s studio in the early 1900s, it incorporates features from the preliminary plans for Wright’s Heath House and is considered the purest example of Prairie-style residential architecture in Dallas. Departs from Hotel Indigo approx 5 p.m. and returns approx. 8 p.m.
Sunday, May 5
Travel outside Dallas for a tour of the Mitchell House (W. Kelly Oliver, 1974) in Irving, designed by the Wright apprentice who managed construction of the Kalita Humphreys Theater and Gillin House, then head to Fort Worth for a rare tour of the Fuller House (A. Quincy Jones, 1950). One of few houses the celebrated modernist built outside California, it was spared the wrecking ball and recently underwent an award-winning restoration. We’ll also tour two masterworks of museum architecture, the Kimbell Art Museum (Louis I. Kahn, 1972; Renzo Piano, 2013) and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (Tadao Ando, 2002), and the Marty Leonard Community Chapel (Fay Jones, 1991), by Wright’s AIA Gold Medal-winning apprentice. Departs from Hotel Indigo at 9 a.m. with a stop at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) at approx. 4:30 p.m. en route back to hotel. Lunch is included.
Hotel
All tours depart from and return to the Hotel Indigo Dallas Downtown (1933 Main St., Dallas). The Beaux Arts hotel was designed by the prominent firm Lang and Witchell and built for Conrad Hilton in 1925. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Our attendees stay at the special rate of $115/night. Book by April 17 online or call 214.741.7700 and mention the Frank Lloyd Wright group.
All tours, programs and schedules are subject to change.
Out and About Wright: DFW Modern includes tours of Wright’s Kalita Humphreys Theater and rare tours of the area’s most remarkable private houses.
Kalita Humphreys Theater
Photo by Andrew Pielage
Higginbotham House
Photo by Patrick J. Mahoney
Stretto House
Rachofsky House
Theilen House
Photo by Eric Saed
Greenlee House
Lipshy House
Fuller House
Mitchell House
Kimbell Art Museum
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Marty Leonard Community Chapel
Japan
November 11 – 22, 2018
Twenty-five Conservancy members joined us in November for our first major tour of Japan, The Great Living Creative Spirit: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Legacy in Japan. More than 40 sites across the country were visited on the 10-day main tour, including Wright’s Yamamura House, reconstructed Imperial Hotel entrance lobby, and Jiyu Gakuen school for dinner, a concert and a presentation by world-renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. Buildings by Wright apprentices Arata Endo and Antonin Raymond and the major figures of 20th-century Japanese architecture, as well as the “art islands” of Naoshima, were included on the unique tour specially curated by Tokyo-based Wright experts KiSMet Productions. A smaller group spent an additional three days on our tour of Kyoto. Thank you to all who attended! View photos from the trip on our Flickr page.
October 7 – 21, 2018
The Conservancy is partnering with The School of Architecture at Taliesin on its signature house concert series for 2018. Six Chicago-area concerts from April through October feature acclaimed artists like the chamber music group Orion Ensemble and the Avanti Guitar Trio performing in Wright-designed houses including the Glore House and Gridley House (both featured on our 2017 Chicago suburbs tour) and the early-career Winslow House and Glasner House. Tickets are strictly limited for each event and are available through the School.
The School of Architecture at Taliesin is an accredited three-year Master of Architecture program that continues the Fellowship program founded by Wright in 1932. All concert proceeds will be directed to the School for merit- and need-based student scholarships.
April 15: 880 Lake Shore Drive Penthouse (Mies van der Rohe), Chicago, IL
May 13: Hinsdale-Hebert House, Evanston, IL
June 24: Glore House, Lake Forest, IL
Sept. 16: Glasner House, Glencoe, IL (Cancelled–refunds issued by SOAT)
Oct. 7: Winslow House, Oak Park, IL
Oct. 21: Gridley House, Batavia, IL
View the full schedule of concert listings and musicians at The School of Architecture at Taliesin.
860-880 and 900-910 Lake Shore Drive (Mies van der Rohe)
Hinsdale-Hebert House (1907) in Evanston, Illinois
Glore House
Photo by Jim Caulfield
Glasner House
Photo by Eric Hausman
Winslow House
Mrs. A.W. Gridley House (1906)
Photo courtesy of Laura Frost
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
August 23 – 24, 2018
The Conservancy is hosting a rare tour of one of Wright’s most exquisite private residences, the Walker House.
Reaching out from a rocky promontory into Carmel Bay, the Walker House is one of the most unique among Wright’s 300-plus private houses. Designed in 1948 for Mrs. Clinton Walker, it is one of the only Wright buildings in a coastal environment. Its arrow-shaped plan has a hexagonal copper roof resting on triangular Carmel stone walls that resemble a ship’s prow projecting into the ocean. Its hexagonal living room is framed in reverse-stepped glass panels that afford panoramic views of the coastline.
A special evening reception limited to 25 guests on Thursday, Aug. 23 ($250 per person; sold out) will include a private tour of the house with hors d’oeuvres and fine wines enjoyed on the prow as the sun sets into the bay. A truly unforgettable experience. A limited number of tickets are also being made available to an added sunset reception on Saturday, Aug. 25. Small group tours on Friday, Aug. 24 ($125 per person) allow a personal experience of the house.
Join us for this special event to be inspired by the work of one of the greatest architects in history, with all proceeds supporting the important work of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy. Attendance is strictly limited.
Walker House, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California: four generations of stewardship by a single family
Normandy Park, Washington
July 15, 2018
The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy and Historic Seattle offer a rare opportunity to visit one of three Pacific Northwest residences designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. In 1953, Ray Brandes, who had built a house designed by Wright in Sammamish, became the contractor for Bill and Elizabeth Tracy when they constructed their Wright-designed home on a bluff overlooking Puget Sound three years later. The Tracys used custom concrete blocks made on site—all 1,700 of them, in 11 different forms. Their 1,200-square-foot, three-bedroom house shares characteristics of other Usonian designs: redwood walls, red concrete radiant floors, bands of windows and French doors that wrap around the living areas, varied ceiling heights. The Tracys had the forethought to plan to protect the property in perpetuity, and it continues to thrive under new steward-owners. Larry Woodin, Executive Director and Founder of the EcoHome Foundation, and past President of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, will provide his expert knowledge of the home, its original owners, and the many critical upgrades undertaken under its new owners to ensure the building’s longevity.
This event is sold out.
Des Moines, Iowa
May 4 – 6, 2018
Mason City’s trove of prairie-style architecture gets much attention in the Wright community, but the Conservancy’s first Out and About tour in Iowa will focus on Wright’s seldom-seen Usonians and a number of modern architectural treasures in the state’s central and south-central regions. The work of prominent local architects will be seen alongside Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony, John Howe, Louis Sullivan, Eliel and Eero Saarinen, I.M. Pei, Mies van der Rohe and more.
Saturday, May 5
Depart by bus from the Hilton Des Moines Downtown Hotel (NEW) before 9 a.m. for a tour of Des Moines’ most famous architectural treasure, the Des Moines Art Center (Eliel Saarinen, I.M. Pei, Richard Meier, 1942-84), before driving to Oskaloosa and Wright’s Jack Lamberson House (1948), winner of the 2016 Wright Spirit Award for its recent restoration, as well as two neighboring midcentury modern houses by local architects. The tour also includes two exceptional Wright apprentice works, the Bryant and Marjorie Denniston House (John Howe, 1958) and B.J. Ricker House (Marion Mahony and Walter Burley Griffin, 1911; on the market, tour subject to sale), and a reception with wine and hors d’oeuvres inside Merchants National Bank (1913), a Louis Sullivan-designed jewel box. We will return to the hotel at approx. 7 p.m. Box lunch is provided and dinner is on your own.
Add-on Events
Friday, May 4 (private event for Leadership, Clerestory and Visionary Circle and Board members)
Depart from the Savery Hotel at 4:30 p.m. to experience two very different historic Des Moines mansions. The evening begins with an exclusive tour of the Butler House (Kraetsch and Kraetsch, 1935), which was widely published and hailed as “the world’s most modern house.” In the late 1980s it was converted to offices but still stands as one of the few great monuments of the 1930s Streamline Moderne style. Afterward we walk to the adjacent Rollins Mansion, a restored Tudor-style house built in 1925 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, for a roaming tour and sit-down dinner.
Sunday, May 6
Depart from the Savery Hotel before 9 a.m. to tour Wright’s Paul and Ida Trier House (1956), the midcentury modern architecture of Eero Saarinen, Harry Weese, Mies van der Rohe and more at Drake University, and an additional private house to be announced. After a sit-down lunch in a converted 1937 Streamline Moderne fire station, we’ll lead a walking tour (1+ mile) of downtown Des Moines’ modern architectural highlights by Mies, Gordon Bunshaft, David Chipperfield, Renzo Piano and more. We will return to the hotel at approx. 3 p.m. The Savery Hotel runs a free shuttle for guests returning to Des Moines Airport (10-15 minutes from hotel); the tour bus will not stop at the airport.
Hotel (UPDATED April 11)
All tours depart from and return to the Hilton Des Moines Downtown (435 Park St., Des Moines) with a stop at the Hyatt Place Des Moines Downtown (418 6th Ave, Des Moines). The originally planned event hotel, the Renaissance Des Moines Savery Hotel, will not be reopen after its renovation in time for our event.
Paul and Ida Trier House (Wright, 1956)
Photo by Patrick J. Mahoney
B.J. Ricker House (Marion Mahony, Walter Burley Griffin, 1911)
Bryant and Marjorie Denniston House (John Howe, 1958)
Photo by Bill Olexy
Des Moines Art Center (Eliel Saarinen, I.M. Pei, Richard Meier)
Merchants National Bank (Louis Sullivan, 1913)
Butler House (Kraetsch and Kraetsch, 1937)
Photo by John Clouse
Oreon Scott Chapel at Drake University (Eero Saarinen, 1955)
Photo by John Clouse
Dr. Sidney Smith House (Steffen Stoltz, 1962)
Des Moines Social Club (converted 1937 Streamline Moderne fire station)
Rollins Mansion (1925)
AEG Building (Gordon Bunshaft/SOM, 1965)
Auldbrass Plantation, Yemassee, South Carolina
March 10, 2018
A visit to Auldbrass Plantation in Yemassee, South Carolina, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939, provides a singular Wright experience like no other. Beautifully restored by its owner, movie producer Joel Silver, the multi-building estate is very rarely open to the public. On March 10, 2018, the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy will host a private tour of the grounds followed by a gourmet dinner inside the main house. In the spirit of the South, chef Robert Volz will create a dinner featuring local ingredients paired with the world’s most sought-after bourbon, Pappy Van Winkle. “Pappy Van Winkle doesn’t advertise; they not only sell out each year but connoisseurs and collectors have been known to spend the night in front of their liquor store for the opportunity to purchase a bottle. This meal is being carefully thought out to showcase local Southern ingredients and to showcase this rare and exquisite bourbon,” says Volz.
Seating is strictly limited to 20 people and this event is expected to sell out. Tickets are $1,700 per person ($1,450 is tax deductible) with all proceeds benefiting the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy. Register online now.
Auldbrass
Photo by Anthony Peres
Auldbrass
Photo by Anthony Peres
Auldbrass
Photo by Anthony Peres
Dinner at Auldbrass
Photo by Zachary Matthews
Unity Temple, 875 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL
October 26, 2017
As part of the second Chicago Architecture Biennial (Sept. 16, 2017 through Jan. 7, 2018) the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, in partnership with Unity Temple Restoration Foundation, presents a free panel discussion from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 26, 2017, covering the large-scale restoration of Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1905 and completed in 1908, the National Historic Landmark building is noted for its reinforced concrete building material, flat slab concrete cantilever roofs and art-glass skylights.
Explore this magnificent space while learning about technological advances in the field of historic preservation in the 21st century. The specific focus will be on determining appropriately matching materials for historic finishes using iterative processes, implementing geothermal heating and cooling systems in a historic structure, incorporating energy-saving LED lighting that mimics a historic building’s original lighting scheme, and adding theater-quality audiovisual upgrades that aren’t visible in a historic interior space.
Panelists include:
Supported by CharterSills
Museum of Modern Art, New York City
September 13 – 15, 2017
Download the symposium program book (pdf)
RSVP to attend (admission based on availability)
Featuring 18 architects, critics, architectural historians and conservators, this international symposium—organized by the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy in cooperation with the Museum of Modern Art with major sponsorship support from Morgan Stanley and the Maddalena Group at Morgan Stanley—will highlight new thinking about Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture and its ongoing interest to contemporary architectural history, culture and practice. Sessions ranging from historiography to preservation to critical reception and influence will look backward and forward in time to offer a framework for reassessing the meaning of Wright’s architecture and its broad impact over the past century and a quarter. How have perceptions of his work changed and evolved? How can its effects on contemporaries be better understood? Is his architectural thought still relevant today? And how were Wright’s ideas about preservation different from those at work today? These are just some of the questions to be debated.
“At this major international symposium a varied and highly talented group of architects, architectural historians, critics, and conservationists will sidestep conventional opinion in discussing how thinking about Wright’s work has evolved over the past decades and how—and if—it can continue to shape the course of modern architecture,” says Neil Levine, Emmet Blakeney Gleason Research Professor of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University and chair of the symposium. “Sessions will be devoted to historiography, preservation and influence. A round table of the most significant younger critics writing today will conclude by offering perspectives on where things now stand and what issues may come into play in the future.”
Symposium Committee
Neil Levine, chair
Richard Longstreth
Dietrich Neumann
Jack Quinan
Location
The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1 at The Museum of Modern Art
11 W. 53rd St. (The Ronald S. and Jo Carole Lauder Building entrance)
New York, NY 10019
Symposium Schedule
Wednesday, Sept. 13, 6:30 p.m. – Keynote Address
Barry Bergdoll, Meyer Schapiro Professor of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University; Curator, Department of Architecture and Design, Museum of Modern Art
Thursday, Sept. 14, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Neil Levine, Emmet Blakeney Gleason Research Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University
Jean-Louis Cohen, Professor, Collège de France, Paris; Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture, New York University
Cammie McAtee, Architectural historian
Kathryn Smith, Architectural historian
Jack Quinan, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, State University of New York at Buffalo
(Lunch break from 12:30-2 p.m.)
Richard Longstreth, Professor of American Studies and Director of the Graduate Program in
Historic Preservation, George Washington University
Alice Thomine-Berrada, Senior Curator, Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Daniel Bluestone, Director, Preservation Studies; Professor History of Art and Architecture, Boston University
T. Gunny Harboe, Founder and Principal, Harboe Architects; Vice President, ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on 20th Century Heritage
Ellen Moody, Assistant Projects Conservator, Sculpture Conservation, Museum of Modern Art
Friday, Sept. 15, 9:20 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (NOTE: The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy will hold its annual meeting from 9-9:20 a.m.)
Dietrich Neumann, Professor of History of Art and Architecture and Director of Urban Studies,
Brown University
Tim Rohan, Associate Professor of Art History, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Aaron Betsky, President, the School of Architecture at Taliesin
Critics Roundtable, moderated by Michael Kimmelman (New York Times) and featuring Reed Kroloff (jones | kroloff), Mark Lamster (Dallas Morning News) and Alexandra Lange (Curbed)
How to Attend
Attendees of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy’s annual conference receive priority reserved seating at the symposium. The rest of the theater is open seating free to the public on a space-available basis. We encourage you to RSVP but admission is not guaranteed.
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
June 10, 2017
Fallingwater (1935) and Kentuck Knob (1954) sit seven miles apart in the idyllic woods of Western Pennsylvania. Twelve guests joined the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy for a private director-led tour of these beautiful architectural wonders and a gourmet dinner with wine pairings at Edgar and Liliane Kaufmann’s original dining table in Fallingwater. View event photos on Flickr.
Fallingwater
Photo courtesy of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Fallingwater
Photo courtesy of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Kentuck Knob
Oak Brook, Illinois
April 28 – 30, 2017
The Chicago area is home to the largest concentration of Wright-designed buildings in the world, but few travel far enough afield to see the full range of Wright’s work in northern Illinois, which includes some of the earliest works of Wright’s careers and some of the latest, Prairie-style houses and Usonians, a farmhouse and Wright’s only house designed for a person in a wheelchair. The Conservancy’s annual Out and About Wright weekend welcomed more than 100 people on a tour of 10 Wright-designed buildings in the west, northwest and north suburbs, including the Kenneth and Phyllis Laurent House (1949) in Rockford, Pettit Chapel (1906) in Belvidere, the Louis Fredrick House (1954) in Barrington Hills, Muirhead Farmhouse (1950) in Hampshire, Mrs. A.W. Gridley House (1906) in Batavia, where guests enjoyed an end-of-day reception, the Frank Henderson House (1901) in Elmhurst, the Charles Glore House (1951) in Lake Forest, and the Booth, Kissam and Ross Houses (all 1915) in Glencoe. We also toured the landmark Bruce Goff-designed Ruth and Sam Ford House (1949) in Aurora and had a special dinner for board and Leadership Circle members at the Walter Burley Griffin-designed William Emery House (1903) in Elmhurst. Thank you to all of the homeowners who hosted us and everyone who attended! View event photos on Flickr.
Kenneth and Phyllis Laurent House (1949)
Photo by Nels Akerlund
Mrs. A.W. Gridley House (1906)
Photo courtesy of Laura Frost
Louis Fredrick House (1954)
Photo by VHT Studios
Pettit Chapel (1906)
Muirhead Farmhouse (1950)
Photo by Andy Olnick
Ruth and Sam Ford House (Bruce Goff, 1949)
Frank Henderson House (1901)
Charles Glore House (1951)
Sherman Booth House (1915)
William Emery House (Walter Burley Griffin, 1902)
Photo by Patrick J. Mahoney
Bliss, Idaho
September 10 – 11, 2016
The Conservancy welcomed a small group for a private tour and dinner at the Wright-designed Teater’s Knoll (1952) in Bliss, Idaho, on Saturday, Sept. 10. Owner Henry Whiting II discussed the history and restoration of Wright’s only building in Idaho, a small studio designed in 1952 for artist Archie Teater on a bluff overlooking the Snake River an hour and a half from the popular resort town of Sun Valley in Bliss, Idaho. Guests then enjoyed an elegant multi-course dinner with fine wines inside the house. The next day the small group toured three spectacular houses in the Sun Valley area, including the work of Bart Prince, George Suyama and Neil Morrison Wright. View more photos on Flickr.
Outside Teater's Knoll during the Conservancy's dinner and tour
Photo by Kelley Lacey
Yemassee, South Carolina
March 5, 2016
The Conservancy hosted an extensive private tour and fundraiser dinner at Auldbrass, a beautifully restored multi-building plantation designed by Wright in 1939. View more photos on Flickr.
Dinner at Auldbrass
Photo by Zachary Matthews
Carmel, California
September 19, 2015
Very rarely open to the public, the Walker House, designed by Wright in 1948 and still maintained by the Walker family, was an extraordinary setting for an intimate gourmet dinner hosted by the Conservancy. Guests enjoyed a gourmet dinner and a selection of fine wines by the Conservancy’s official sommelier, Robert Volz, as sun set over Carmel Bay. All proceeds from this fundraiser benefitted the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy. View more photos on Flickr.
Watching the sunset over Carmel Bay before the Conservancy's dinner at the Walker House
Photo by Robert Leeb